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What are the potential security impacts of using CRAM-MD5 for Emails, when not using an SSL connection?
Background: My current server-provider tells me it's no problem to store the passwords in plain-text in the database, saying he has to do so because they use CRAM-MD5 for email authentication. But ...
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Computer appliance protocol
I build the computer appliance system that consist of software server and multiple controllers. The system I want to build must be pluggable in the sense that when I connect a controller C to the ...
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Authentication techniques being used by QKD Systems
As its well known that QKD systems are prone to simple MITM attacks, Any idea what authentication techniques are being used in QKD to prevent them in practice
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RSA-based authentication and key-agreement protocol
An authentication and key-agreement protocol between devices shall mutually demonstrate their identity, and establish a shared random secret $R$ suitable for securing later communications.
To that ...
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Is public-key cryptography the only option in this scenario?
Two parties: a client and a server are to a agree on a symmetric key. Both the client and the server are aware of a master password. The way this is currently done ...
